Adobe to patch Critical flaws in Acrobat and ColdFusion

(LiveHacking.Com) – Critical vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and ColdFusion and Adobe is planning to release patches to fix the flaws over the next week. The first to be patched will be Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Adobe plans to release a security update on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 for Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.0) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 9.5.1 and earlier 9.x versions for Linux.

The nature of the vulnerabilities in Adobe’s PDF tools is not yet know, however they are ranked as Critical. A Critical vulnerability is one which, if exploited, would allow malicious native-code to execute, potentially without the user’s knowledge.

More is known about the ColdFusion vulnerabilities. Adobe has identified three flaw affecting ColdFusion for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX:

CVE-2013-0625 affects ColdFusion 10, 9.0.2, 9.0.1 and 9.0, and could permit an unauthorized user to remotely circumvent authentication controls, potentially allowing the attacker to take control of the affected server.

CVE-2013-0631 affects ColdFusion 9.0.2, 9.0.1 and 9.0, and could result in information disclosure from a compromised server.

Adobe has confirmed that these vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild but also notes that CVE-2013-0625 and CVE-2013-0629 only affect ColdFusion customers who do not have password protection enabled or have no password set.

The company is in the process of finalizing a patch for the vulnerabilities and expects to release a ColdFusion hotfix for versions 10, 9.0.2, 9.0.1 and 9.0 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX on January 15, 2013.

“We are currently evaluating the reports and plan to issue a security advisory as soon as we have determined mitigation guidance for ColdFusion customers and a timeline for a fix,” Adobe’s Wendy Poland said in a post on Adobe’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Blog.